"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.